“I can’t able to understand.”
Is the above sentence correct? ‘Can’ and ‘Able’ both refer to ability. You don’t need both the words to convey what you want to. You can say “I can’t understand” or “I um not able to understand”. But use of can and able together is incorrect and redundant. Similarly “I can able to follow now” is wrong. “I can follow now” and “I am able to follow now” are both correct and mean the same.
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“In spite of” and “Despite” are interchangeable. Both are followed by nouns or noun clauses. Ex: She went to the park in spite of the rain. She went to the park despite the rain. She Read more…
What’s with the “extra extra”, “round round” and “red red” adjectives in the English advertisements in India and in our own speech? Some of us are notorious for using duplicate words or two or more Read more…
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